Experience

Breakfast Media LLC

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO, Editor and Publisher

  • Jan 2008 - Present

  Broadband Breakfast 🍳 is the leading media company advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. The company’s annual Digital Infrastructure 🚧 Investment conference champions a robust 21st century information economy. Broadband Breakfast 🍳 is the leading media company advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. The company’s annual Digital Infrastructure 🚧 Investment conference champions a robust 21st century information economy.



Drew Clark PLLC

• Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Attorney

  • Feb 2017 - May 2019



Best Best & Krieger

• Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Of Counsel

  • Nov 2015 - Jan 2017

  Based in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Washington, D.C. office, Clark put his experience to work for public agencies in the areas of Internet technology, broadband deployment and intellectual property by drafting and negotiating contracts and addressing legal and policy issues. He was Of Counsel in the firm’s Municipal Law practice group. Clark works with cities, special districts and private companies on planning, financing and coordinating efforts of the many partners necessary to construct broadband infrastructure and deploy “Smart City” applications. He has advised both municipal and rural clients on the legal and policy options for building networks. These include the open access model, franchise agreements and public-private partnerships. Show less



Kirton McConkie

• United States
• Law Practice
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Of Counsel

  • Aug 2014 - Nov 2015

  Clark was a member of Kirton McConkie’s Corporate and Government & Utilities industry sections. His experience lies at the intersection of law, media and internet infrastructure. He specializes in information technology, telecommunications, intellectual property, public utilities, and contract drafting and negotiations. He also works with state, municipal and rural broadband leaders to capture broadband benefits of job creation, telemedicine, online learning, public safety, energy, transportation and eGovernment. Show less



Deseret News

• United States
• Online Media
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Opinion Editor

  • Sep 2013 - Aug 2014

  Responsible to ensure that the editorials of the Deseret News reflect the editorial policy of the paper to be a respected and authoritative moral voice to people of conscience throughout the world. Charged with identifying and recruiting powerful new voices for Deseret News. Striving to elevate the national conversation about faith, family and freedom that are so central for the Deseret News. To see a list of his weekly columns in the Deseret News from 2014 to 2016, please visit https://www.deseret.com/authors/drew-clark Senior Contributing Editor, September 2013-February 2014 Opinion Editor, February 2014-August 2014 Columnist, June 2014-June 2016 Show less



Partnership for a Connected Illinois

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Feb 2010 - Aug 2013

  Broadband Illinois Executive Director Drew Clark relocated to Illinois in 2010 to lead the Springfield-based 501(c)(3) non-profit entity officially known as the Partnership for a Connected Illinois. He implements Gov. Pat Quinn’s personal motto, “everybody in, and nobody left out,” and brings experts and practitioners to advance a common purpose. Clark’s work at Broadband Illinois united Southern Illinois and Chicagoland, Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois, and built up the Broadband Deployment Council’s efforts to use internet expansion to improve economic development in the State. Broadband Illinois’ pioneering work in internet planning, convening and educating Illinois set the standard for engagement between communications providers and users of internet services, who have different interests but are both essential to advancing broadband. Clark established the framework of 10 regional eTeams: community groups that link technology improvements to concrete economic development objectives. The maps, resources and toolkits available on http://broadbandillinois.org provided the way that other state broadband entities followed. Under his leadership, the State launched the Illinois Broadband Innovation Fund and the Federal Communication Commission awarded a broadband lifeline grant for rural Western and Southern Illinois. Show less



Information Economy Project at George Mason University School of Law

• Assistant Director

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Assistant Director at academic research program at intersection of telecom policy and law and economics. Responsible for cultivating sources and arranging conferences and lectures, program development, content management, and marketing events and research to journalists, academics, policy-makers and others. Assistant Director at academic research program at intersection of telecom policy and law and economics. Responsible for cultivating sources and arranging conferences and lectures, program development, content management, and marketing events and research to journalists, academics, policy-makers and others.



Breakfast Media

• United States
• Online Media

• Editor and Publisher

  • Dec 2007 - Jan 2008

  Broadband Breakfast is a Washington-based news organization building a community of interest around Infrastructure, Smart Cities, Broadband’s Impact and Rural Telecom. We provide independent news and expert opinion on each of these subjects. Broadband Breakfast is a Washington-based news organization building a community of interest around Infrastructure, Smart Cities, Broadband’s Impact and Rural Telecom. We provide independent news and expert opinion on each of these subjects.



Center for Public Integrity

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Fellow and Project Manager

  • Aug 2006 - Oct 2007

  Headed a project devoted to news on telecommunications, media and technology for non-profit investigative journalism organization. Supervised a three-million-record database allowing all Americans to see who owns the media and communications networks within your ZIP code. Filed Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to obtain information about local broadband availability. Initiated a partnership with Congresspedia , jointly creating a “portal” devoted to telecommunication, media and intellectual property policy. Drafted Media Tracker policy license that allows individuals to SHARE and REPRODUCE the Media Tracker data so long as they give proper ATTRIBUTION to the Center and do so only for NON-COMMERCIAL uses. Show less



National Journal

• United States
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Editor, National Journal's Insider Update: The Telecom Act

  • Jan 2005 - Aug 2006

  Senior Editor. National Journal’s Insider Update: The Telecom Act. Conceptualized and was instrumental to launch of advertising-supported Web site in April 2005. Directed reporters’ coverage on telecom issues.

• Contributing Editor, National Journal's Congress Daily

  • May 2004 - Aug 2006

  Contributing Editor for twice-daily paper and Internet publication devoted to the business and politics of Congress. Proposed, created and wrote biweekly “Wired in Washington” column for CongressDaily AM.

• Senior Writer, National Journal's Technology Daily

  • Nov 1998 - Aug 2006

  National Journal's Technology Daily was one of the first online news sources to cover the intersection of technology with politics and policy. Senior Writer for National Journal Group. For Technology Daily, led comprehensive reporting of telecommunications, privacy, antitrust, free speech and intellectual property.



American Banker Daily Newspaper

• Staff Writer

  • Jun 1996 - Oct 1998

  Reported on emerging technologies in electronic commerce, home banking on the Web, bank merger integration efforts, and preparations to combat the Year 2000 computer bug. Reported on emerging technologies in electronic commerce, home banking on the Web, bank merger integration efforts, and preparations to combat the Year 2000 computer bug.